Inclosure for telephones.



No. 7:1,588. I Patente'd Oct. 2|, I902. A. J. PARKE.

INC'LOSURE FOR TELEPHONES.

. (Application filed May 23, 1901.!

(No Model.)

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ALBERT J. PARKE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

INCL'OSURE FOR TELEPHONES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 71 1,588, dated October21, 1902.

Application filed May 23, 1901.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT J. PARKE, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inInclosures for Telephones, of which the follow ing is aspecification.

My invention relates to inclosures for telephones serving to shelter theinstrument and the ears of the person using it from extraneous sounds,and more particularly relates to a hood or awning for this purpose.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of mydevice. Fig. 2 is a similar view with a portion raised, showing thetelephone; and Fig. 3 is a top plan view showing the telephone in dottedlines.

Similar characters designate like parts throughout the several figuresofthe drawings.

The numeral 10 designates a top section of the hood or awning, which maybe substantially horizontal and may consist of a frame 11, of bent metalrod or tubing, supported at its ends by plates 12 12, which may besecured by screws to the wall upon which the telephone T is hung, beingsituated sufficiently far above the same to clear the head of the personusing the instrument. This frame may be filled in with a sheet of anyflexible material, as canvas.

It will be seen that instead of being in the form described the topsection might be made of a single piece of wood, metal, or the likesuitably secured at its inner edge to the wall.

Below the top section, secured to the wall upon each side of thetelephone and so related to the same as to bring them about on a levelwith the shoulders of a person using it, is a rigid arm 13, carriedbyaplate 14, preferably similar to those of the frame of the topsection, whereby it may be secured to the wall. Pivotally supported ator near the outer end of those arms at 15 is a tilting frame 16,conveniently formed of a bent metal rod or tubing and being ofsufficient width to pass outside the top section when raised. Betweenthe top section and the tilting frame is an intermediate section 17, offlexible material, as canvas, of sufficient length to allow the frame tooccupy a substantially horizon- Serial No. 61 ,511. (No model.)

tal position when lowered and permitting it to be swung upward to leavethe instrument clear, passing to the inner side of a vertical throughits pivotal support, and thus remaining as placed by virtue of its ownweight without fastening. However, to insure its so remaining the widthof the frame and top section may be such and the latter so inclined atthe rear portion of its side edges that after it passes the verticalthrough its pivots it will frictionally engage said edges, thus moresecurely retaining it against accidental displacement.

To render the interior of the inclosure less dark, a light or pane 18,of glass or other transparent materiahmay be located in the awning,preferably forming a portion of the top section.

To carry the inclosure lower than the frame 16, a band 19 of flexiblematerial may depend therefrom, if desired.

The use of the device will be readily understood. The hood may remainnormally in its raised position, giving easy access to the telephone.'Then when one is using the instrument they can draw down the frame, itfalling well below the transmitter, effectually cutting off thesound-waves which would most confuse the ear and the transmitted speechand so muffling the voice of the user outside the inclosure that itcannot be heard save by one near the telephone. At the same time acirculation of air is permitted, rendering the inclosure lessuncomfortable in the Warm weather than an ordinary booth.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination with atelephone, of an inclosure therefor consisting of a hood or awningclosed at the top and sides and open atthe bottom.

2. The combination with a telephone, of anv ing closed at the top andsides and open at a the bottom, and a transparent section in said hood.

4. The combination with a telephone, of an inclosure therefor comprisinga top section supported above the instrument, a frame supported at eachside of said instrument, and a section of flexible material between thetop section and frame.

5. The combination with a telephone, of an inclosure therefor comprisinga top section supported above the instrument, a frame pivotallysupported at each side of said instrument, and a section of flexiblematerial between the top section and frame.

6. The combination with a telephone, of an inclosure therefor comprisinga top section supported above the instrument, rigid arms supported ateach side of said instrument, a frame pivoted to the arms, and a sectionof flexible material between the top section and frame.

7. The combination with a telephone, of an inclosure therefor comprisingan opaque top section supported above the instrument, a light oftransparent material situated in the top section, a frame supported ateach side of said instrument, and a section of opaque material betweenthe top section and frame.

8. The combination with a telephone, of an inclosure therefor comprisinga top section supported above the instrument and of such width as tofrictionally engage the top section when turned upward, and a section offlexible material between the top section and frame.

Signed by me at Boston, Massachusetts, this 22d day of May, 1901.

ALBERT J. PARKE.

W'itnesses:

WALTER E. LOMBARD, NATHAN O. LOMBARD, 2d.

